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Gluten Free Savory Spinach and Cheese Breakfast Biscuits

April 8, 2016

Soft and buttery inside, crisp cheesy outside, these savory spinach and cheese biscuits make the perfect breakfast topped with a fried egg, or just dripping with butter!

Gluten Free Savory Spinach & Cheese Breakfast Biscuits :: Soft and buttery inside, crisp cheesy outside, these savory spinach and cheese biscuits make the perfect breakfast topped with a fried egg, or just dripping with butter!

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Oh I’m so thankful for these yummy little biscuits!

We are just coming off of Spring Break week, and while I usually save this staple breakfast recipe for the weekends to enjoy on a slow Saturday morning, I ended up serving this twice during spring break week breakfast because they are so easy to prep, and they make such a special breakfast.

Gluten Free Savory Spinach & Cheese Breakfast Biscuits :: Soft and buttery inside, crisp cheesy outside, these savory spinach and cheese biscuits make the perfect breakfast topped with a fried egg, or just dripping with butter!

It was so nice to take a week off the computer (though I missed talking to all of you!), social media, and the routine and spend some time with my girls. We spent the week mostly doing a lot of coloring (darn freezing Michigan weather!), and got to hit the library as well as the children’s museum. Overall we had a great week to rest and take a little break from school for the girls, and a breather from the blog for myself!

Gluten Free Savory Spinach & Cheese Breakfast Biscuits :: Soft and buttery inside, crisp cheesy outside, these savory spinach and cheese biscuits make the perfect breakfast topped with a fried egg, or just dripping with butter!

I absolutely adore these soft, fluffy biscuits dipped in a yolky egg. I like to make a few of them small for the little hands in my house, and a few of them larger so my husband and I can make a little breakfast sandwich. Sausage patties or a slice of bacon stack on top of a fried egg so perfectly!

Gluten Free Savory Spinach & Cheese Breakfast Biscuits :: Soft and buttery inside, crisp cheesy outside, these savory spinach and cheese biscuits make the perfect breakfast topped with a fried egg, or just dripping with butter!

Most of the time I just leave the baby spinach as is to give a quick pan cook and into the batter, but if you have little ones that might shy away from anything green, I might recommend giving the spinach a good chop before cooking. It will make the spinach look smaller and it will be more dispersed and hard to see.

Gluten Free Savory Spinach & Cheese Breakfast Biscuits :: Soft and buttery inside, crisp cheesy outside, these savory spinach and cheese biscuits make the perfect breakfast topped with a fried egg, or just dripping with butter!

Honestly, either way you don’t really taste the spinach – it just gives an extra veggie punch to breakfast. The biscuits are buttery and cheesy in flavor and the mild garlic and onion just make it taste so special!

Gluten Free Savory Spinach & Cheese Breakfast Biscuits :: Soft and buttery inside, crisp cheesy outside, these savory spinach and cheese biscuits make the perfect breakfast topped with a fried egg, or just dripping with butter!

I hope you all are enjoying your start to spring! I am so happy to be back – feeling refreshed and ready to inspire my sweet readers!

Gluten Free Savory Spinach & Cheese Breakfast Biscuits :: Soft and buttery inside, crisp cheesy outside, these savory spinach and cheese biscuits make the perfect breakfast topped with a fried egg, or just dripping with butter!

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5 from 4 votes

Gluten Free Savory Spinach and Cheese Breakfast Biscuits

Soft and buttery inside, crisp cheesy outside, these savory spinach and cheese biscuits make the perfect breakfast topped with a fried egg, or just dripping with butter!
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time12 minutes
Total Time22 minutes
Course: Bread
Cuisine: American
Keyword: gluten-free biscuit recipe, gluten-free cheese biscuits, spinach and cheese biscuits
Servings: 6 servings
Author: Renee Kohley - www.raisinggenerationnourished.com

Ingredients

  • 2 TB butter or other friendly fat to cook in
  • 1/2 shallot diced (1/4 - 1/2 small onion would be fine too)
  • 1 large clove of garlic minced
  • 1 heaping handful of fresh baby spinach
  • 1/3 cup softened butter
  • 1 tbsp raw honey
  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup tapioca flour
  • 1/4 cup sorghum flour
  • 1/4 cup white rice flour
  • 1/4 cup whole milk or coconut milk I think whole sour cream or buttermilk would work here too
  • 1 1/4 tsp aluminum free baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1 cup freshly grated cheese

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
  • Melt 2 tablespoons of butter in a skillet, add the shallot, garlic, and spinach with a pinch of sea salt and cook over medium heat for 2-3 minutes until the spinach wilts and the garlic and shallot are fragrant. Set this aside to add to the batter later.
  • In a small mixing bowl, beat the 1/3 cup butter and honey until smooth.
  • Add the egg and beat until fluffy.
  • Add the flours, milk, baking powder, and baking soda and blend until well combined.
  • Use a wooden spoon to fold in the cooked spinach mixture and grated cheese.
  • Pinch off 6 large or 9-10 small biscuits, rolling each biscuit into a ball with your hands, and then flatting into a disk onto a Silpat or parchment paper lined baking sheet. The batter is tacky/wet but you can form little balls and flatten. You can alternatively just do an uneven "drop" biscuit using the spoon and dropping them onto the baking sheet.
  • Bake the biscuits at 400 degrees for 12-13 minutes. Cool 5 or so minutes before handling.

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33 Comments

  • Reply Danielle H. April 13, 2016 at 4:32 pm

    I love whipping up new recipes for brunch, and this would be perfect! Thanks for sharing.

    Cheers!

  • Reply Emily @ Recipes to Nourish April 13, 2016 at 4:59 pm

    Renee these are fabulous! I can’t wait to make some. I love the spinach and cheese in them.

  • Reply Amanda April 13, 2016 at 7:22 pm

    Only 1/4 cup of milk didn’t seem to be enough. Is that correct?

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  • Reply Shanel June 4, 2016 at 12:23 am

    Other flower options?

    • Reply Renee Kohley June 6, 2016 at 1:27 pm

      Hi Shanel! I have not tried other flours for this recipe before – You might play around with what you have though keep in mind each flour behaves differently.

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  • Reply Amy December 9, 2016 at 12:17 pm

    These are so good! My youngest is egg free, and flax egg worked great!

    • Reply Renee Kohley December 9, 2016 at 1:56 pm

      So good to know for egg free friends Amy! Thank you for your expertise!

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  • Reply Christina June 22, 2018 at 7:02 pm

    Do these freeze and reheat well?

  • Reply ChihYu Smith August 25, 2018 at 10:32 pm

    5 stars
    Yummy! I love savory biscuits. They are perfect for breakfast. I can have them every morning!

  • Reply Kristine February 2, 2019 at 4:31 pm

    We are grain free so I used 1 cup cassava, and 1/4 cup each coconut and blanched almond flour. Turned out delicious! Used goat cheese too since that’s all I had on hand and it was really good! Love this recipe!

    • Reply Renee Kohley February 7, 2019 at 3:07 pm

      Glad you enjoyed them Kristine! Thank you for your conversions!

  • Reply Tessa Simpson April 15, 2019 at 10:12 am

    5 stars
    Savory biscuits are my favorite…I LOVE to make biscuit egg sandwiches! These look dreamy!

  • Reply Jean April 16, 2019 at 6:05 pm

    5 stars
    Wow, those biscuits sounds amazing!! Love that they are gluten free. I bet they are amazing with butter.

  • Reply Raia Todd April 18, 2019 at 3:10 pm

    5 stars
    These look delicious, and definitely like something my kids would love me for making. Haha. Thanks for the recipe, Renee!

  • Reply Trina M Narankevicius August 31, 2019 at 5:27 pm

    I didn’t have most of the flours so i subbed and used:
    1 cup Einkorn flour
    1/4 cup Coconut flour
    1/4 cup Arrowroot flour
    They are DELICIOUS!

    • Reply Renee Kohley September 4, 2019 at 11:53 am

      Cool! I’m glad those flours worked! Thanks for sharing!

  • Reply Jessica Martin April 1, 2021 at 11:58 am

    I just made these with all the ingredients except I used almond milk since that’s all I had. When I baked them they came out like super flat cookies! What did I do wrong?? I’m thinking the almond milk made them too liquid-y? Or maybe I need to replace my baking soda or powder?

    • Reply Renee Kohley April 8, 2021 at 8:42 am

      Hi Jessica! I have never had this problem before! I’m stumped because almond milk should swap just fine, I would think!

  • Reply Katie December 19, 2021 at 8:03 am

    Thank you, Trina! Came to comments for flour alternatives, andyour combo uses only ingredients in my own pantry!

  • Reply Lindsay February 22, 2022 at 11:48 pm

    Do you think ghee would work in place of butter or do you think the texture is wrong for this recipe?

    • Reply Renee Kohley March 7, 2022 at 1:50 pm

      That is a great question Lindsay! I think I would try it – the flavor might be richer? Not that that is a bad thing. Palm shortening works well if you are dairy free as well.

  • Reply Mollie February 19, 2023 at 8:21 am

    I used einkorn flour! Very tasty!

    • Reply Renee Kohley February 20, 2023 at 9:37 am

      Hi Mollie! I’m so glad to hear the Einkorn worked out! Thanks for sharing so that readers that use that can try too!

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  • Reply Jasmine March 7, 2023 at 11:26 am

    Like Jessica mine also came out like super flat cookies…maybe my butter wasn’t soft enough and they melted? I subbed oat flour for the sorghum…otherwise tasty though

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